docs: def _post(self, url, data=None, json=None, params=None, headers=None):
          """Wraps a POST request with a url check"""
          url = self.clean_url(url)
          response = requests.post(url, data=data, json=json, params=params,
                                   headers=headers, timeout=self.timeout,
                                   verify=self.verify)
          return response